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Evansville metrosexual makes the big time

       By Klaus Von Vigo, THG Style and Fashion

Move over James Dean and John “Cougar” Mellencamp.  Indiana has a new sex symbol for the ladies to admire.

The Hoosier Gazette just received breaking news that Evansville native Ryan Martin is glossing the pages of Cosmopolitan Magazine.  The Reitz High School graduate and former relief pitcher for the University of Southern Indiana has moved on to bigger and better things now that his modeling career is taking off like a rocket.  “I always felt I could make it in Hollywood or New York,” said Martin in an interview via satellite this afternoon.

Superstardom did not come easy for Martin.  After a spot on the Evansville Otters Independent League baseball team didn’t pan out and a couple of failed attempts at starting a career in Los Angeles, Mr. Martin did what most aspiring models/actors do-- he found a job bartending.  Ryan worked at the local pizza-pub, Turoni’s Forget-Me-Not-Inn, until getting enough money together to chase his dream once more.

Soon it was off to Manhattan to pursue a career as a male model.  Many people sensed that Martin would finally find a home in New York.  Former USI classmate John Andrews had this to say: “That dude would sit in class all day reading People magazine articles about Leonardo DiCaprio.”  He was better known at USI for his looks than for his pitching prowess, and close friends labeled him “Mr. Beautiful”. 

No one is happier with Ryan’s success than his father, Buck Martin.  Says the elder Martin, “Hell, I always knew he could do it because he’s got my genes. I just wish he could have played for the Yankees instead of Cosmo. But, hell, I’m still proud of the boy.”  Buck further added, “Too bad this didn’t happen in time for him to get a role in that Zoolander movie.”

“Ryan has just scratched the surface of his potential,” said fashion guru Isaac Mizrahi in a telephone interview, “He is the total package.  I look for him to be the Fabio of the 21^st century!”

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